classroomvision

What would be essential tools in the 21st century classroom?

K-5 Non-essential but important
 * **Hardware to Purchase** ||
 * Essential
 * Digital Cameras
 * USB Microphone
 * USB Video Camera like the [|Flip Video]
 * Projector
 * Laptop for Teacher
 * Printer
 * Workstations for Students
 * 4-1 ratio to start
 * shared laptop cart
 * Interactive White Board
 * Document Camera ||
 * **Software to Purchase**
 * Drawing Program
 * Recommendations by Janice
 * [|KidPix3] by McKiev for Macintosh
 * [|KidPix 4] by Learning Company for Windows
 * Recommendations by Teri
 * Pixie
 * Graphic Organizer Tool
 * Recomendations
 * [|Kidspiration] - Grades K-5
 * [|Inspiration] - Not necessary - but powerful tool for grades 4-5 ||
 * **Subscription Software to Purchase**
 * Video Streaming
 * [|UnitedStreaming] (Expensive but extensive)
 * [|California Streaming] (affordable and growing - but not as much choice)
 * [|Safari Montage] (affordable - but housed at school site - no access outside of school ||
 * **Services and other purchase expenses**
 * Professional development time
 * to play purposefully, to share best practices, and to collaborate to focus on essential standards and how they will be addressed using technology
 * technology support
 * If a full time TA can not be budgeted, at least one to share with another school is essential. ||
 * **Software supplied or free to download**
 * Office Suite - (Microsoft) comes with computers purchased through LAUSD
 * Audio Recording/Podcast software
 * [|GarageBand] for Mac - Also useful for creating music
 * [|Audacity] - free open source, cross platform - audio only
 * Video editing (digital storytelling)
 * [|iMovie] for Mac
 * [|MovieMaker] for Windows
 * Photo Editing
 * iPhoto/Preview for Mac
 * [|Picasa] for Windows (free download)
 * Digital Storytelling with images, sound
 * iPhoto/Garageband for Mac
 * [|Photostory 3] for Windows
 * Janice's opinion - the Mac suite of software is outstanding because all applications work together. ||
 * **Web 2.0 Resources to Use for Free**
 * Digital Storytelling
 * [|VoiceThread]
 * [|Bubbleshare]
 * Podcasting
 * [|Podcast People]
 * Libsyn (for fee)
 * e-Portfolio software
 * LAUSD MyMail apps - which include Google Docs as part of Google Apps for Education
 * Weblogs for students
 * ClassBlogmeister
 * 21 Classes
 * Timeline creator
 * Graphic Organizer software
 * Video-Conferencing
 * [|Skype] - need a web-cam - comes built in on all Macs and some Windows machines)
 * Map/Globe software
 * Google Earth ||
 * Other free (or supplied) web resources
 * Keyboarding software
 * Interactive websites in various content areas
 * Digital Library ||
 * Digital Library ||